The next time you hear a politician use the Word ‘ billion ‘ in a casual manner, think about whether you want the ‘politicians’ spending YOUR tax money.
A billion is a difficult number to comprehend, But one advertising agency did a good job of putting that figure into some perspective in one of its releases.
A billion seconds ago it was 1959.
B billion minutes ago Jesus was alive.
C billion hours ago our ancestors were living in the Stone Age.
D billion days ago no-one walked on the earth on two feet.
E. A billion Pounds ago was only 13 hours and 12 minutes at the rate our government is spending it.
Makes Plato love Gordon even more than ever...
The big question is what 'billion' are they using - the US, 10^9, or the true scientific 10^12?
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